According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, the 'lound' in Graizelound derives from the Old Scandinavian 'lundr' for "a small wood or grove".

The settlement contained ten households, four villagers, four freemen, two tributaries, 0.6 ploughlands, 3.5 men's plough teams, and a fishery.

Following Domesday, lordship was given to Geoffrey de La Guerche who was also Tenant-in-chief to King William I.

At Cumberworth Lodge lived Thomas Wharton Emerson, and at Sobraon Lodge, Captain William Henry Emerson,[5] who were brothers, and nephews to Sir Wharton Amcotts, 1st Baronet of Kettlethorpe Hall.

[6] Cumberworth Lodge on Ferry Road (Main Street), is today a care home,[7] and is a Grade II listed rendered brick building that dates to the mid-18th-century.